Maze — #3162 US boys' name
297 babies named Maze in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 78% of names given to boys today.
54% of everyone ever named Maze was born in this single decade.
38 babies were named Maze in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maze
The Social Security Administration has registered 297 babies named Maze between 1922 and 2024, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maze currently holds the #3162 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 38 babies received it in a single year. Maze is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 167 additional births since 2017.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maze performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 161 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Maze shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Maze in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maze in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 297 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Maze at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Maze popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1922
- Peak year (2024)
- 38
- Annual births at peak — across 103 years of records
Currently ranks #3162 among boys.
297 total births across 103 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 38 births in a single year.
Maze popularity over time — girls
167 total births recorded since 2017 (Maze as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Maze accounts for 36% of total recorded use across both genders.
Maze by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 161 births that decade — 54% of Maze's all-time total
Maze decade highlights
- Peak decade 161 births
- Runner-up 120 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Maze's strongest decade
161 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Maze by state
Where Maze concentrates geographically — total births since 1922
Top 5 states
- Florida 2.0% of nationwide
- Texas 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1922–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.